Biology (BIOL) 205
Principles of Biology II (Revision 1)

This version of BIOL 205 closed June 23, 2003. To current version.

Delivery modes: Individualized study with a home lab and a video component
Credits: 3 - Science
Prerequisite: BIOL 204
Centre: Centre for Science
Challenge for Credit: BIOL 205 has a Challenge for Credit option
Learn more online: BIOL 205 home page

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Overview

BIOL 205 is a continuation of BIOL 204. Home labs are included to supplement the textbooks. Students may enrol in BIOL 206 Biological Laboratories at the same time as they are taking BIOL 205. BIOL 204, along with BIOL 205 and BIOL 206, prepare students for all second-year biology courses.

Outline

  • Part V: The Diversity of Life
    • Chapter 22 The Classification of Organisms
    • Home Lab 22 Classification
    • Chapter 23 Viruses and Kingdom Prokaryotae
    • Home Lab 23 Bacteria
    • Chapter 24 The Protist Kingdom
    • Home Lab 24 Protista
    • Chapter 25 Kingdom Fungi
    • Home Lab 25 Fungi - Divisions Zygomycota and Basidiomycota
    • Chapter 26 The Plant Kingdom: Seedless Plants
    • Chapter 27 The Plant Kingdom: Seed Plants
    • Home Lab 27 Seed Plants
    • Chapter 28 The Animal Kingdom: Animals without a Coelom
    • Home Lab 28 Lower Invertebrates
    • Chapter 29 The Animal Kingdom: The Coelomate Protostomes
    • Home Lab 29 Higher Invertebrates
    • Chapter 30 The Animal Kingdom: The Deuterostomes
    • Home Lab 30 Vertebrates - Optional Fish Dissection
  • Part VI: Structure and Life Processes in Plants
    • Chapter 31 Plant Structure, Growth and Differentiation
    • Chapter 32 Leaf Structure and Function
    • Home Lab 32 Plants I
    • Chapter 33 Stems and Plant Transport
    • Chapter 34 Roots and Mineral Nutrition
    • Chapter 35 Reproduction in Flowering Plants
    • Home Lab 35 Plants II
    • Chapter 36 Plant Hormones and Responses
  • Part VII: Structure and Life Processes in Animals
    • Chapter 37 The Animal Body: Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems
    • Home Lab 37 The Animal Body: Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems
    • Chapter 38 Protection, Support, and Movement: Skin, Skeleton, and Muscle
    • Chapter 39 Neural Control: Neurons
    • Chapter 40 Neural Regulation: Nervous Systems
    • Home Lab 40 Neural Regulation: Nervous Systems
    • Chapter 41 Sense Organs
    • Home Lab 41 Sense Organs
    • Chapter 42 Internal Transport
    • Home Lab 42 Internal Transport
    • Chapter 43 Internal Defence
    • Home Lab 43 Internal Defence
    • Chapter 44 Gas Exchange
    • Home Lab 44 Gas Exchange
    • Chapter 45 Processing Food
    • Home Lab 45 Processing Food
    • Chapter 46 Osmoregulation and Disposal of Metabolic Wastes
    • Home Lab 46 Osmoregulation and Dipsosal of Metabolic Waste
    • Chapter 47 Animal Hormones: Endocrine Regulation
    • Home Lab 47 Endocrine Regulation
    • Chapter 48 Reproduction
    • Chapter 49 Development
    • Home Lab 49 Development
    • Chapter 50 Animal Behaviour
  • Part VIII: Ecology
    • Chapter 51 Ecology and the Geography of Life
    • Chapter 52 Population Ecology
    • Chapter 53 Community Ecology
    • Home Lab 53 Communities
    • Chapter 54 Ecosystems and the Ecosphere
    • Chapter 55 Humans in the Environment

Evaluation

To receive credit for BIOL 205, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Assignment 1
(Chapters 22-30 and home lab activities)		 Assignment 2
(Chapters 31-36 and home lab activities)		 Assignment 3
(Chapters 37-50 and home lab activities)		 Assignment 4
(Chapters 51-55 and home lab activities)		 Final Exam
(Chapters 22-55 and home lab activities)		 Total
10% 10% 20% 10% 50% 100%

Course Materials

Textbooks

Solomon, E. P., L. R. Berg, D. W. Martin, and C. Villee. 1993. Biology, 3d ed. Saunders College Publishing.

Daniel, R. S., S. C. Daniel, and R. L. Taylor. 1993. Study Guide to accompany Biology, 3d ed. Saunders College Publishing.

Other material

The course materials also include a student manual, a home lab manual, an assignment booklet, and a home lab kit.

Special Instructional Features

The home lab kit supplies many of the materials used for the home labs. The student will, however, have to supplement the home lab kit with some common kitchen items or supplies. Students may also borrow materials from Athabasca University Library.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice.
Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

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